Williamson buoyed by late Lankan wickets – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 just before the close of play on day 2.
"It's great to finish the evening the way we did, getting those three wickets," Williamson said. "I guess that makes our first innings total look a lot better, and there is a lot of pressure going on the Sri Lankan side tomorrow.”But as Mathews showed towards the end when he started playing some shots, it is still a good wicket."
Having mostly played second fiddle to their opponents in the series, the Kiwis had something to shout about after they halted the hosts at 43 for 3 in reply to their own first innings score of 412.
Their strong showings came a result of sterling centuries from skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559, their chief tormentor at Galle.
Though the left-arm spinner eventually finished with six scalps, he proved far less effective on a friendly surface. After striking a double blow just before lunch, where he removed both the centurions, Herath still struggled to finish off the Kiwi lower-order, which ultimately allowed the tourists to march past 400.
While their total was nothing remarkable, given the nature of the pitch, the early inroads they made in the final hour of the day gave them a considerable chance of clinching a win. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659 accounted for Dilshan and Sangakkara in one over, before Trent Boult dismissed Jayawardene.
Williamson said that while the pressure is on the home side, there is still plenty of work to be done.
"They've got some seriously good cricketers, and to bowl them out twice is not going to be an easy feat," Williamson said. "We're not getting too far ahead of ourselves and we know we have to play good cricket each time we go out there."
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